Draft a defended-hearing running sheet from the brief and instructions
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the attendance checklist and the brief, draft a running sheet (appearances, objections, witness order, exhibit list, closing points).
- What the lawyer must review
- Do the advocacy yourself; the sheet is a prompt, not a script
- Confirm the court's current hearing procedure
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | From the attendance checklist and the brief, draft a running sheet (appearances, objections, witness order, exhibit list, closing points). |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Verify every relied-on citation, figure and name against the source document.
- The responsible lawyer approves the exact version before use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defended hearing preparation and attendance checklist (NSW Local Court summary proceedings) | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist for a defended hearing in the NSW Local Court: brief served and complete, objections, defence witnesses and subpoenas, client attendance and the risk of a hearing in absence, interpreters, exhibits and technology, and the day-of-hearing running order. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts. The checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.